The funeral was on Saturday. It was held at Robert Blackwood Hall at Monash – and the auditorium was just about full – and it holds a bit over 1,200 people – which was enough to totally overwhelm her family. They thought it would be big, but there were wide eyes!
There were lots of familiar faces – and every one of them wished that there was catching up being done over better events. The standard greeting of “How are you?” was constantly postfixed with, “well, apart from”.
but there was laughter and tears – and stuff that was just sooo Becky it couldn’t be anyone else.
(these people left notes after they found my blog entry – it just took me a while to moderate due to the horrible thing that is comment spam.):
miranda
jess
Therase Weeks
ella fortin
Anonymous
thanks for your words.
I will write more over the coming days – there is so much to do and so little time.
Rebecca Tomilson – you will always be missed.
hey,
i commented earlier.
i’m trying to figure out if we’ve met.. ie. who you are.
i’m an old mckinnon friend of beckys,
anyway, glad you could make the service, my family back in aus were all there and the order of service has been sent to me.
ok.
m.
hey. i’m dave, a friend of becky’s from canada before she moved to Australia. just thought I’d google her name and your site came up. yeah. sorry, my condolances. i’ll miss becky too. she stopped by on her whirlwind tour here in the summer, and it was good to see her. heh. good to know there was a nice turnout. well, not sure what else to say, so, see ya.
beqi will be sadly missed. its a month now, give or take a few days, and it aint feeling any better, believe me. dave, we met in canada when i was over there mid year last year with her – strange to find your name in cyberspace. Who is the moderator of this site? do i know you too?
Hey Becki,
Still think about you.
a lot.
Jx.
Becky was my sort of house mate in canada at TH 87. I took her old room and she left a lovely little note for me when I moved in. It was a very note-oriented household… Always the lovely ones from becky to cheer you up! She had such a profound impact on my life. I still think about her. I met james too, you stayed at our place. I always wonder what happened to her. It’s still unresolved for me. We spoke shortly before her passing on the phone… I sent her a silly red necklace for fun just before. Her parents must have gotten it when she was already gone. That breaks my heart to think about…
Hey Beq
I’m thinkin of you. I’m living life for you, in remembrance of you. What wouldn’t give to see you again.
Beqi is and will always be one of the most treasured, admired, respected person in my life, as I am sure in the lives of many others, because of how remarkable she was, how amazing a friend she was, and how much she helped others. I live my life each day in memory of her.
Some of you may have known that Becky’s Dad was ill with cancer this past year. I am one of his friends from Canada and just found out that he passed away Apr 3 2007. This has been very hard on the survivors – Becky’s mom and sister.
Edward, this is indeed very sad news. I’m sure everybody’s thoughts are with them.
Just wanted to say Becky was an awesome friend and the one who taught me how to be a free spirit. She helped me get through 98 when I had to come back and finish year 12 at McKinnon. Always the shoulder for someone else to lean on, wish I could have been there for you in your darkest hour Bec. Peace be with you and may we meet again some day.
So, I’m sitting here in the middle of Germany on a sunny afternoon and my thoughts turned to Becky. I think of her radiance and – like many others – have missed her these years gone by. Becky was so wise. I am so sorry to hear her dad was so ill and has passed away. Peace be with all.